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| Lana Turner | ... | Cora Smith | |
| John Garfield | ... | Frank Chambers | |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Nick Smith | |
| Hume Cronyn | ... | Arthur Keats | |
| Leon Ames | ... | Kyle Sackett | |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Madge Gorland | |
| Alan Reed | ... | Ezra Liam Kennedy | |
| Jeff York | ... | Blair | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Philip Ahlm | ... | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| John Alban | ... | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Judge (uncredited) | |
| King Baggot | ... | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Betty Blythe | ... | Customer (uncredited) | |
| Paul Bradley | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| Wally Cassell | ... | Ben (uncredited) | |
| Jack Chefe | ... | Headwaiter (uncredited) | |
| Dick Crockett | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Oliver Cross | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| James Darrell | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Tom Dillon | ... | Father McConnell (uncredited) | |
| Edward Earle | ... | Doctor (uncredited) | |
| Jim Farley | ... | Warden (uncredited) | |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Picnic Manager (uncredited) | |
| Joel Friedkin | ... | John X. McHugh (uncredited) | |
| A. Cameron Grant | ... | Willie (uncredited) | |
| William Halligan | ... | Judge (uncredited) | |
| Bud Harrison | ... | Bailiff (uncredited) | |
| Paul Kruger | ... | Officer (uncredited) | |
| Frank Mayo | ... | Bailiff (uncredited) | |
| Helen McLeod | ... | Customer (uncredited) | |
| Harold Miller | ... | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Howard M. Mitchell | ... | Doctor (uncredited) | |
| Sandra Morgan | ... | Matron (uncredited) | |
| George Noisom | ... | Telegraph messenger (uncredited) | |
| Garry Owen | ... | Truck Driver (uncredited) | |
| Dorothy Phillips | ... | Nurse (uncredited) | |
| Dan Quigg | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| Virginia L. Randolph | ... | Snooty Woman (uncredited) | |
| Paula Ray | ... | Woman (uncredited) | |
| Hilda Rhodes | ... | Customer (uncredited) | |
| Walter Ridge | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Jeffrey Sayre | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Edward Sherrod | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
| Reginald Simpson | ... | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Brick Sullivan | ... | Officer (uncredited) | |
| John M. Sullivan | ... | Doctor (uncredited) | |
| Charles Williams | ... | Doctor (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Tay Garnett | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Harry Ruskin | (screenplay) and | |
| Niven Busch | (screenplay) | |
| James M. Cain | (novel) | |
Produced by | |||
| Carey Wilson | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| George Bassman | |||
| Eric Zeisl | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Sidney Wagner | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| George White | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Randall Duell | |||
| Cedric Gibbons | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Edwin B. Willis | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jack Dawn | .... | makeup designer | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Bill Lewis | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Douglas Shearer | .... | recording director | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Irene | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Marion Herwood Keyes | .... | associate costume supervisor | |
| Helen Scovil | .... | wardrobe (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Ted Duncan | .... | orchestrator | |
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This film has all the ingredients of classic noir without actually being a very good movie.
The biggest problem I had with the film was that the characters are an unconvincing blend of naivety and cunning. One minute they're suckered by an old man running a burger bar, the next they're foiling a blackmail plot hatched by corrupt lawmen and wielding guns like they're hardened gangsters.
The ending is equally unconvincing, with the protagonist happily latching onto his death sentence as some kind of salvation that gives him moral certainty in the amoral noir world he's been floundering in. It's as if this is a noir made by people who were anti-noir.
Noir will always involve a clash between innocence and experience but it's not convincingly handled here. It isn't the first noir I'd make that complaint against, either - things like SHadow of a Doubt and Night of the Hunter have a similar unreal atmosphere.
In my opinion the best noir is both believable and hellish; like The Third Man, Double Indemnity, Notorious or Chinatown.